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077 – Parmas’ greed causes an incident # 3

Thump, thump, thump-.

Loud drum sound.

And the kkwaenggwari made by hitting metal plates created an oriental sound.

Food duck-.

Birds were likely to fly away from afar, and large animals were not even visible.

“You damn bastard! Do you really want to disturb me that much?”

Knight Parmas finally couldn’t hold back and became angry at me.

This happened two hours after the hunt began.

The only game he caught was the rabbit he caught at the beginning.

Compared to me, who had already caught 20 wild boars and accumulated 2 tons, the weight was far from sufficient.

“Are you going to give up already?”

I thought Parmas would put up a more meaningful resistance.

Parmas immediately threw the bow on the floor and stomped on it, shouting in anger.

“Yeah, you guy! This guy has no seriousness in everything he does!!! A kid with no dried blood on his head!!!!”

There is no need to be serious about everything.

Is there anyone who lives every moment seriously like me?

I was prepared to set fire to this forest of stars if it came to that.

I planned to do so if Parmas succeeded in hunting despite my interference, but fortunately, there was no need for that.

“Have you seen it all? Hyde, who had never held a bow or sword in his life, thoroughly defeated Lord Parmas, who was called the beheader! Because I am the person with whom God lives!”

Whisper-.

I shouted, spreading my hands like an actor in a live performance.

Agarpe’s soldiers who were watching this scene were like “that’s so shameless─.” or “Shh, be quiet. If you get caught by that son-in-law, you’ll be in big trouble! Think of Loras and Selim!” I muttered softly before closing my mouth.

You must have remembered that the vassals of the Agarpe family that I had chosen, like Loras and Selim, died like dogs, right?

But when I think about it, I was innocent in the deaths of Loras and Selim.

Loras.

It was Lars who killed that guy.

And the one who killed Selim was the executioner of the Agarpe family.

It wasn’t my fault at all here.

“There are still 4 hours left, but it will be very impossible for Sir Parmas to kill 20 wild boars during this time. Isn’t that right? So let’s just give up.”

I spoke to Parmas as if driving a wedge into his mouth.

A complete victory for me, Hyde.

Now all that’s left is to fulfill the bet.

I’m “ not done with crazy Parmas yet! I imagined him saying, “I’ll hunt the humans!”” and stabbing those around him.

I thought it was entirely possible with the younger Parmas, but fortunately, that didn’t happen.

He just said, rubbing his mouth with his gloved hand.

“There are still 4 hours left, right? Everything is something you have to try until the end to know.”

I didn’t miss the way the corners of his mouth twitched in a mean way.

Are you planning on doing some trick?

But four hours passed, and due to my constant interruptions, he had to face dinner without even catching any prey.

“Won! Bet is over!”

It was now truly my complete victory.

I held out my hand towards Parmas.

“Now, it’s time to fulfill your bet. Lord Parmas, didn’t the losing side agree to grant whatever the winning side wishes? Everyone will remember it!”

I spoke to those around me.

Guys like Parmas care a lot about public opinion around them. This is a guy who puts his life on the line for things like the opinions of others and his own honor and reputation—this is what he meant.

So, if I get public opinion on my side, there will be no disadvantage.

And fortunately, public opinion was 200% on my side.

This Agarpe estate is my second home!

I am the son-in-law of Count Agarpe!

Also, I was a priest who was more faithful, pious, trustworthy, and loving than anyone else.

In comparison, Parmas is a dirty old man.

It’s obvious that people will take my side more than anyone else!

“Lord Parmas, aren’t you a little pitiful?”

“That’s right. I think Lord Hyde was a little harsh.”

“No matter how much you bet, you still get in the way… .”

What are these guys?

These bastards can’t even tell the difference between poop and soybean paste!

How can I be so cruel!

The really harsh one is Parmas!

So I shouted out loud.

“Lord Parmas! Since you mentioned your wish for a divorce between me and my wife Psyche, I came up with a plan that would make me look cowardly too! You have insulted our God-given love! This is an insult to the Lord! I have punished you on behalf of Elohim for being arrogant and greedy!”

Because I was a bigger person than anyone else, I was able to know the minds of small people better than anyone else in the world.

If Parmas had beaten me in this bet, he would have really asked me for Psyche!

I’m sure it was!

I’m 250 percent sure!

Therefore, I had to win this bet and I won!

There was only one thing I would ask of Parmas.

“Lord Parmas, then I have one request. Give me the king’s treasure that you stole and your stomach swallowed. That’s not something an old man like you can afford.”

Parmas, you man.

You just swallowed a bead of lust in your stomach.

That’s why you became younger overnight.

Life must have been good when you were just waiting for the day to grow old and die, right?

However, as my body suddenly became younger, I began to desire things that I had never had before in my life.

Things like a beautiful territory or a wife who is prettier and nicer than anyone else.

Soon the surroundings were in commotion.

“You swallowed the king’s treasure. What does that mean?”

“What did Lord Parmas steal?”

“Is this somehow related to my sudden rejuvenation?”

Now─.

Give it up quickly.

People were curious about what Parmas had swallowed, as if it didn’t really matter whether the bet was won or lost.

Since this is something I requested, it would be natural for everyone to want to see it.

However, Parmas shrugged his shoulders.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about?”

Look at this guy?

Are you telling a lie without even putting saliva on your lips?

Even if a person were to fall, would it be possible for him to fall this far?

“Criminal Sin Seat Grid. Among the treasures he left behind when he fell, there must have been a round bead. This is an item called the Bead of Desire. It contains mysterious power.”

There were some mysterious objects in this barbaric world.

For example, they were objects that could be described as ‘treasures’, but they had a mysterious effect beyond simply being shiny gold or jewels.

For example, the “Holy Grail” that I touched.

Things like the great sword “Agarpe” owned by the Agarpe family.

All of these treasures were actually in the Uniger royal family’s treasure hall.

The blind hunchbacked man who guarded the treasure hall took advantage of the war 20 years ago to steal some of them and run away.

The Bead of Gangyok was one of them.

“You subdued the Great Sin Seat Grid and returned all the remaining treasures to Pope Gregory, but you hid one thing and kept it in your pocket. The moment you saw it, you must have been greedy.”

“Well, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Although he was playing it off, Parmas was actually probably embarrassed on the inside.

He must be nervous inside, thinking, “What is this guy, I know so well.”

It was obvious for a reason I knew well.

Parmas.

This was not the first time he had been rejuvenated like this.

About two years ago now.

I heard a rumor about the rejuvenated Parmas.

The fact that Parmas, who was clashing with the cult group “Psychos”, an association of crazy killers, became younger overnight.

Not long after that, he thoroughly defeated Saikozu and made a great achievement, but—.

It was a short story.

“Lord Parmas. You seem to be well acquainted with foreign rumors and proverbs. Then, do you also know about the term helluminati?”

“It means that the candle shines brighter for a moment before it burns.”

“That’s right. Parmas, if you don’t hand over the treasure you stole now, everything you have will be taken from you. Now, give it away!”

Sze-.

I held out my arms.

But Parmas looked around and shouted loudly.

“Hyde, you have a great imagination. What should I do if they keep telling me to give up something I don’t have? I can’t make it and give it to you. It’s so embarrassing.”

okay.

Actually, I knew it would come out like this.

So I became very disappointed.

“Parmas, I was truly speaking for you. Even though you had some eccentricities when you were old, you might have been a respectable adult.”

“… … .”

“Finally, I say this. Put it out. Even if you become younger overnight and live a second life, being a person cannot be easily changed. Don’t end your life in vain.”

Sze-.

I opened my palm again.

Parmas’ gaze began to waver violently and he became restless.

Finally he shouted.

“The condition is not good. I’ll go first!”

# # #

‘하이드, 이 개새끼!’

Parmas, who returned to the mansion, felt humiliated and pounded the bed with his fists.

The blanket on the bed was torn and the mat was smashed, but my anger did not go away.

‘How did you know that I swallowed a strong bath? Do you really mean that you have magical powers given to you by God? No, that can’t be possible! That brat can’t do that!’

But Parmas’ heart was still trembling.

When that kid-like Hyde looked into his eyes, held out his palm and said, “Give me ”─.

Parmas felt compelled to give him everything she had.

“It’s called a helium reflection? How dare you say something like that in front of me?”

Parmas’ life was just beginning.

Newly acquired youth.

Hyde called it a second life, which was a good phrase for a kid.

Parmas had many things he wanted to do in his second life.

What I wanted more than anything was to have a family.

Because everyone died of old age, his life was just lonely in his old age.

The reason he was obsessed with fame and glory was because it was the only thing he would leave behind when he died of old age.

If he had a family and grandchildren who would remember him even if he died, things might not have ended up like this.

‘I have to find a wife!’

Parmas wanted to start a family.

And Agarpe’s daughter Psyche was, in Parmas’s opinion, a very wonderful woman.

Courage to even face that monster, Rust!

A character so great that he remains chaste even after marriage!

It can be said that Parmas is by far the best among the women he has seen in his life.

Of course, the age difference between Psyche and Parmas was nearly half a century, but…

‘Now my body has returned to its youthful state. No, on the contrary, my blood boils even more than before… .’

Cough-.

It was then.

Parmas felt extremely cold and sick.

Parmas vomited something.

“Wow! Wow!”

Something round was spit out of his mouth along with a huge amount of blood from his stomach.

Tuk, degurrr-.

“My, my treasure!”

He was greatly embarrassed as he looked at the brilliant orb even though it was covered in blood.

His own face reflected in the beads lost its youth and began to age in an instant.

The backs of my hands became rougher than before, resembling the bark of a tree, and the muscles that had maintained their firmness despite old age had all fallen out, making them look like the branches of a bare old tree.

Bare-trembling body.

Parmas was astonished as he looked at his body reflected in the mirror.

His bony, sunken eyes were stained with fear.

“Ah… no… !”

My physical condition has become more serious than before I got the beads!

Because Parmas was a wise man, he realized that this was clearly a side effect created by this “Bead of Desire.”

And that his body was too old and weak to accept this bead!

“… Mine, mine. I might be able to do it. I can’t die like this!”

but-.

Nevertheless, Parmas could not be stopped now.

It seemed as if the beads were calling to him.

━Receive me into your body.

He seemed to be shaking his head in a dark and evil voice.

Even though Parmas knew this was a temptation to die, he eventually picked up the marble and swallowed it again.